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English: Monument at Wideford Farm This monument celebrates the first scheduled air service from Inverness to Kirkwall by Edmund (Ted) Fresson in 1933. The airport was then located at Wideford Farm, up the hill from the present Kirkwall Airport. The plaque on the monument states: "On 8th May 1933 Capt Ted Fresson in Highland Airways Monospar G-ACEW landed the first scheduled air service from Inverness on this site which was Orkney's first aerodrome" http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=73535 |
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| Author | Bob Jones |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Bob Jones and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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